Agartala-Kolkata bus service via Dhaka set to resume after two years
Agartala Apr 26 PTI After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Agartala-Kolkata international bus service via Dhaka would resume from Thursday an official saidA 40-seater bus is set to begin its journey from the Tripura State Transport Corporation International Terminal at Krishnanagar here to Kolkata at 10 am he saidThe sale of tickets commenced today A passenger needs to have a valid passport and transit visa to board the Kolkata-bound bus said TRTC MD Rajesh Kumar DasThe service will be available for six days in a week except on Fridays and the fare has been fixed at Rs 2300 per passenger Das saidThe bus will cover a distance of around 500 km from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka in around 19 hours A train journey between the two destinations via Guwahati takes around 35 hours officials saidThe international bus service will benefit people amid soaring air fares and shortage of long-distance train tickets they saidThe bus facility on this route was suspended in March 2020 after the pandemic struck PTI PS SBN RBT RBT
Agartala Apr 26 PTI After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic the Agartala-Kolkata international bus service via Dhaka would resume from Thursday an official saidA 40-seater bus is set to begin its journey from the Tripura State Transport Corporation International Terminal at Krishnanagar here to Kolkata at 10 am he saidThe sale of tickets commenced today A passenger needs to have a valid passport and transit visa to board the Kolkata-bound bus said TRTC MD Rajesh Kumar DasThe service will be available for six days in a week except on Fridays and the fare has been fixed at Rs 2300 per passenger Das saidThe bus will cover a distance of around 500 km from Agartala to Kolkata via Dhaka in around 19 hours A train journey between the two destinations via Guwahati takes around 35 hours officials saidThe international bus service will benefit people amid soaring air fares and shortage of long-distance train tickets they saidThe bus facility on this route was suspended in March 2020 after the pandemic struck PTI PS SBN RBT RBT
